Lorem Post Generator

Simple tool for creating a json file of posts containing lorem ipsum text and lorempixel images, to act as a test dataset for UI prototyping feeds.

Usage

Instantiate LoremPostGenerator with a config object then call .generate() with a number of posts.

const config = {
    startDate: new Date(2000,0,1),
    endDate: new Date(2018,0,11),
    textTemplate: "blah ",
    minContentLength: 100,
    maxContentLength: 10000,
    minImages: 0,
    maxImages: 5,
    useLoremImages: true
    minAsyncDelay: 0,
    maxAsyncDelay: 200,
    streamPageSize: 5
}

const postGenerator = new LoremPostGenerator(config);

// Synchronous
let posts = postGenerator.generate(1000);

// Rx Observable
let asyncPosts = postGenerator.generateAsync(100);

// Rx BehaviorSubject with [maxAsyncDelay] between pages of [streamPageSize]
let streamedPosts = postGenerator.generateSubject(100);

startDate and endDate

The date range boundaries to generate posts within.

textTemplate

The source text to use for the post body. This defaults to the first paragraph of Lorem Ipsum text.

min and maxContentLength

The textTemplate is repeated as necessary to have a length between min and maxContentLength.

min and maxImages

Images are placed randomly within the post body, to give the overall feed an authentic look.

useLoremImages

You can use Lorem images from Picsum or just default to empty image placeholders.

minAsyncDelay

Not implemented yet

maxAsyncDelay

Used for the delay in each page being emitted by generateSubject's stream

streamPageSize

The size of each page emitted by generateSubject